NEW DELHI: His community - Rabaris, a livestock-dependent tribe traditionally-addresses him as 'Bhopajj' or priest. He dresses up like a cow-herd himself: a long white cloth wrapped around his bare torso, red turban, dangling ear rings et al. With a lathi in tow, he walks into everywhere, even the chief minister's office in Rajasthan. Otaram Devasi , 48, happens to be the Rajasthan's minister in charge of cow affairs. As for himself,...

ERODE: Lambasting the erstwhile UPA and DMK governments for including bulls and cows in 'cruelty to Animals Act', BJP today also blamed the Dravidian party for not taking steps to get it removed despite being a UPA constituent, leading to a ban on Jallikattu by Supreme Court. "The UPA and DMK governments are to blame for including cows and bulls in the cruelty to Animals Act. Though DMK was a UPA constituent, it did not take steps to get it removed, leading...

PUNE: Parag Milk Foods launched its premium milk brand 'Pride of Cows' in Pune. Priced at Rs 75/litre, the milk is delivered at home only by order. Mr Devendra Shah , chairman, Parag Milk Foods claimed that the milk is more hygienic because it is untouched by humans at any point and cold chain is maintained right from the farm gate. Parag launched Pride of Cows in Mumbai last year. The company claims that it sells 5000 litres of the milk every day in...

New Delhi:Phenyl, usually the white variety, is the cheap cleaning liquid of choice for floors across India. Anyone venturing into the shopping aisles at the Kendriya Bhandar cooperative's stores in the Capital can testify to this. Kendriya Bhandar also supplies housekeeping products to central government offices, which use the chemical to keep floors clean. But with a new mop swabbing all before it, even phenyl has to give...

LUCKNOW: India's white marvel, the Taj Mahal, acquiring yellowish hues has prompted authorities in Agra to ban burning of cow dung cakes for cooking near the 17th century monument. The Agra district administration is also planning to ban use of coal by small industrial units making bangles and famous local sweet - 'petha' to protect the Monument of Love. "A recent study published in an American journal says that due to brown and black carbon particles, the white marble...

Sandhya Ravishankar Twenty eight-year-old Parthiban stops by the local "wine shop", which despite the moniker sells anything but wine, in his autorickshaw. He is in a hurry and asks for the "special" — two "cuttings" of a new brand of alcohol locally called Andhra Packet. "One cutting is enough to make you fly like a rocket," he grins as he downs it. "I take two just for the kick. " Andhra Packet is a small pouch of...

JIND: In a bid to prevent smuggling and killing of cows, Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced insurance for all milk yielding cows in cow shelters here. Addressing the gathering at a function organised by 'Haryana Goshala Sangh' at Dharoli here, Hooda said that the state government would pay the full premium of the insurance. "The State Government would make all the necessary efforts with the cooperation of people to prevent the smuggling and killing of...

LONDON: A famous series of jokes attempts to define political systems. In communism, for example, you have two cows, your commune seizes them and charges you for milk. In a democracy, you have two cows, the cows outvote you 2-1 to ban all meat and dairy products, and you go bankrupt and starve to death. Similar thinking can be applied to financial markets. Here, then, is the world of money recast in bovine terms. Leveraged buyouts You have two cows. You come...

CHENNAI: Blaming the DMK government for the death of 15 cows at the famous Rameswaram temple, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on Monday said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi should resign owning "moral responsibility" for the incident. "Devotees donate cows and it is the responsibility of the temple authorities to maintain them. But the state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister K R Periyakarruppan had disowned responsibility of maintaining them,"...

BMP DDB's next ad for Arla Foods' Cravendale premium fresh-milk brand shows a herd of ram-raiding cattle breaking into a supermarket in the early hours of the morning to get their milk fix. The 30-second television spot ? "supermarket heist" ? breaks on 2 February and is the second installment of the campaign. The first ad showed Cows following a man home from the supermarket. The new ad also uses the endline: "Cravendale tastes so good, the Cows want it back. " The cattle are shown...

New Delhi:Phenyl, usually the white variety, is the cheap cleaning liquid of choice for floors across India. Anyone venturing into the shopping aisles at the Kendriya Bhandar cooperative's stores in the Capital can testify to this. Kendriya Bhandar also supplies housekeeping products to central government offices, which use the chemical to keep floors clean. But with a new mop swabbing all before it, even phenyl has to give way... to Gaunyle. ...

NEW DELHI: His community - Rabaris, a livestock-dependent tribe traditionally-addresses him as 'Bhopajj' or priest. He dresses up like a cow-herd himself: a long white cloth wrapped around his bare torso, red turban, dangling ear rings et al. With a lathi in tow, he walks into everywhere, even the chief minister's office in Rajasthan. Otaram Devasi , 48, happens to be the Rajasthan's minister in charge of cow...

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party today questioned the BJP-led Union government's move to regularise 895 unauthorised colonies in Delhi saying residents of the settlements will not get any concrete benefit even if an Ordinance was approved to extend relief to them. The party said the decision will merely extend the cut off date for regularisation of such colonies,over the previous resolution that was brought by the UPA government on...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government will soon bring in a legislation to check incidents of cow slaughter, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today. "Efforts will be made to bring a Bill in this regard in the next session of state Assembly," the Chief Minister said after meeting people in Yamunanagar. When asked about the problem of traffic congestion in the district, Khattar said that a ring road would be constructed for Yamunagar-Jagadhari. ...

SRINAGAR: The recent spurt in strikes by militants in Jammu and Kashmir was aimed at disrupting the Assembly polls underway in the state, but those designs have been foiled by the people who have come out in large numbers to vote, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today. "This (attacks by militants) is an attempt to bring it (high voter turn-out) down again. But we managed to get good voting. You see Tral, for example... from...

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has said it was looking at setting up a separate department for the protection of cows, with a Facebook posting on Monday belying claims that a ministry would be formed for the task. "My government has taken a pledge of cow protection. Soon a separate department for undertaking this noble work will be set up," a post on Vasundhara Raje's official Facebook page said. ET had reported on Saturday that there was confusion in...

NEW DELHI: BSF personnel should check the smuggling of cattle, especially cows, from India-Bangladesh border and clamp it down at any cost, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. "You (BSF) have to work on many frontiers. You have to strive to stop illegal infiltration from Bangladesh, deal with narcotics,fake currency notes being smuggled from this border. "I want to tell BSF jawans and officers that you should stop the smuggling of cows (at this border) at any...

PANAJI: The BJP has welcomed Goa Governor Mridula Sinha's adoption of a cow and a calf, and rearing of animals on Raj Bhavan grounds. The governor used to practice cow rearing back in her home state Bihar, which she wanted to carry forward in Goa too, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Vinay Tendulkar told IANS Friday. "For milk it is good," Tendulkar said, when asked about Sinha's decision to rear the cow and calf. The Jai Sriram Gosanvardhan Kendra in...